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Spring 2003 ./' / ill yLi Wik A GLOBAL COMMITMENT HOW LISA (CURLESS '92) FORD'S TIME IN THE MIDDLE EAST SHAPES HER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD page 14^ ^ WHY TAYLOR MUST BE, WORLD ENGAGING page 10 i \] KW^m&- Leaders are the first to step forward. master of business administration And they're exactly the kind of people Taylor University is seeking for our new MBA program. www.tayloru.edu/mba MBAETaylor University For more information, contact the Graduate Business Office. Toll-free: 866-471-6062 'Local Phone: 260-744-8995 Step forward. Be the first. Email: [email protected] STaylorUniversiti Volume 95, Number 3 Spring 2003 President Dr. David J. Cyertson .» Chancellor In the loop 2 Dr. Jay Kesler '58 Vice president for university advancement University Advancement 7 Harold P. Hazen Director of university relations Joyce A. Wood '81 W^RLDENGAGIPC^ University editor David H. Ritchie '96 8- 18 Graphic designer Why Taylor must be world engaging Steven P. Christensen Photographer 10 James Carringer From the Midwest to the Mideast Alumni notes editor Marty Songer '78 14 Assistant to the editor Arna M. Smitii '87 Andrew Simons: Choosing to respond with grace Contributors Ted Bowers '73, Elizabeth DeMil< '04, Serena 16 (Thrush) Dul<e '04, Jocelyn Falcl< '99, Elizabeth Freese HA '83, James Carringer, Brit Jensen '04, Heather Kittleman '97, Lisa B. Ritchie '98, Arna Alumni notes 19 M. Smith '87 Taylor; A Magazine for Taylor University® Campus profile: Dr. Daryl Yost HA '96 30 Alumni and Friends (ISSN 1073-4376) is published quarterly by the office of university relations. Copyright © 2003 Taylor University®. Alumni profile: Barb Novalc '52 32 Send letters to the editor to: University Editor, Taylor University, 236 W. Reade Ave., Upland, IN 46989. Phone: (800) 882-3456, ext. 5197 Fax: (765) 998-4910 E-mail: [email protected] Cover: Lisa (Curless '92) Ford has lived and worl<ed for a significant Taylor University online: www.tayloru.edu portion of her life in the Middle East. Read more about the crucial Taylor magazine online: www.tayloru.edu/upland/ importance of having a w/orld-engaging perspective in this issue's magazine/ feature section beginning on page 8. Send address corrections to: Office of Alumni Relations, \V. Ave., 236 Reade Upland, IN Editor's note: This issue is dedicated to the countless hundreds of Taylor 46989, or call (800) 882-3456, ext. 5115. alumni who quietly go about their world-changing endeavors without E-mail: [email protected] y^^ much notice, to those who serve the world in unnoticed or unglamorous corners of the earth, to the unsung close by and far away, to those who Opinions expressed by individuals have addresses in places lil<e Mumbai, Chicago, Nairobi, Kenly, Billings, in this publication do not MEMBER Akron, Seoul, Yetebon, Kandern ... necessarily reflect the views of Taylor University®. Full many a gem of purest ray serene Founded in 1846, Taylor University is one of The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear; America's colleges. oldest Christian Liberal Arts Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, More than 1,875 students from nearly all 50 And waste its sweetness on the desert air. states and more than 1 7 foreign countries attend —from "Elegy in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Cray Taylor University's Upland campus, where majors In over 60 fields of study are available. The When it comes to what matters most, their work is not overlooked or University is ranked as the number two Midwest wasted at all. May they keep the faith, keep at it, and keep going. comprehensive college in the 2003 U.S. News and World Report survey. in the loop % a -: «»i. a ti observer The physics department won a university nanosatellite grant from the United States Air Force Office of Space Research (AFOSR) in a national competition with graduate-level schools. The title of the proposal is Thunderstorm Effects in Space: Technology (TEST) Nanosatellite. This two-year grant will provide a total of $100,000 for the design and fabrication of a 35-pound nanosatellite with dimensions nine inches by nine inches by 18 inches. "[The grant] keeps Taylor University at the forefront of space science and the growing field of nanosatellite technology," said Adam Bennett '01, member of the TU physics department. "Through this grant, Taylor students will have the opportunity to work with top graduate schools, industries, NASA and the AFOSR." Although Taylor will be the lead institution, partners in the proposal include the University of Illinois and Nanostar Technologies, Inc. Taylor will subcontract the University of Illinois electrical engineering department for two scientific instruments, and Nanostar Technologies, Inc., for the development of an altitude control system. Nanostar Technologies, Inc., is a corporation located in Grant County, Ind., started by Taylor University graduates. Taylor University is the only undergraduate university to win in this competition. The other eleven winning universities include Pennsylvania State University, University of Colorado, New Mexico State University, Michigan Technological University, Montana State University, University of Texas, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Arizona State University, University of Hawaii, Washington University and Utah State University. The thunderstorm nanosatellite will be the second satellite designed and built by Taylor University physics research faculty, staff and students. The first project, TU Sat 1, is currently undergoing tests for a planned launch later in 2003. TU Sat 1, a communications nanosatellite, Taylor is emerging as a leader in nanosatellite technology in is the first satellite to be entirely designed and fabricated Indiana, and the new U.S. Air Force grant offers added momentum. in the state of Indiana. More information is available at www.tayloru.edu/upland/departments/physics. Nanosatellite facts: Project goal: Build a satellite to study thunderstorms in space Size of satellite to be constructed: About the size of two shoe boxes Amount of grant from AFOSR: $100,000 Number of satellites Taylor is now constructing: Two First to design and fabricate a satellite in Indiana: Taylor University TAYLOR, SPRING 2003 in the in motion The art department moves to a new building and leaps into a new era. A well-attended February open house for the new Modelle Metcalf Visual Arts Center featured piano music by Isaiah Koh '03, a light dinner, the opening exhibition reception for artist Katharina Jeong-Hwa Kang in the Metcalf Gallery, and a senior exhibit by Sarah Nurmi '03 in theTyndale Galleria. In February 2003 the art After being housed five different department made a dramatic jump. places on campus over the past 30 They moved from a building originally years, the department is excited to constructed a half century ago as settle into their new home. With 95 a library into a new purpose-built art majors, the move to an expanded structure designed to house Taylor's location comes just in time. visual arts program. The task of The building is named for Modelle moving supplies from old studios (Holt x'45) Metcalf who, as a Taylor and offices into the new ones was student in the 1940s, was financially relatively simple because the two unable to complete her degree. In buildings stand side by side. the following years several of the The Modelle Metcalf Visual Metcalf family members did attend Arts Center, the third stage of a and graduate from Taylor, and in 1999 building project that began with the Coburn and Modelle Metcalf gave the Smith-Hermanson Music Center in University $1.5 million for the new 1983 and continued with the Rupp visual arts center. Communication Arts Center in 1994, is Special features of the Modelle a strong addition to the Upland campus Metcalf Visual Arts Center include a landscape. The studios, computer labs sculpture garden and well-designed and offices in the 38,000 square foot work areas that show careful attention facility house all the programs formerly '^uttin^ up their chcjr? Students to lighting, functionality and aesthetics. located in the Ayres Alumni Art finished classes in the Ayres Alumni Art The new building promises to provide Building for the fnal time in December 2002. Building. The new building also holds a place for students to learn how to The future ofthe building will be decided in the a spacious humanities auditorium and coming months. communicate deep and powerful truths exhibition galleries. through the study of the visual arts. Read more online about Modelle Metcalf and the new Visual Arts Center named in her honor at www.tayloru.edu/upland/magazine. I n OOP Board business Senior seminar overhaul The board of trustees met Jan. 23-25, 2003, in is final their annual strategic planning